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HEATING strovE. No, 381,026.

Patent-ed Apr. 10,1888..

UNITED STATES.,

PATENT OFFICE.' lj,

JOHN 71A. PRICE, or soaANToN, PENNSYLVANIA;

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SPECIFICATION forming par: of Letters Patent Nosrsarozo, dated Aprii loflaa'.

v Application filed February 10, 1887. Serial No. 227,155. (No model- Y To @ZZ whom, it may. concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN vA.- PRICE, ofl

Scrantom'in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain 'new and usful Improvements in Heating-V Stoves; and I do hereby declare the following 1 to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specitica t-ion, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon. v Y

My'invention has for its object to improve the construction of that class of heatingstoves A known as revertible 1lue,.7 wherein thesmoke and productsof combustion are larranged to pass from the iire-pot down and through the base of `the stove, and then upward to the chimney or exit-flue, whereby they pass over,

creasingy thel heating 4capacity of the stove; and the invention consists, generally, in devices for not only Vincreasing the surface exi posed to the air directly with which the smokeand products comein contact, but alsoin providing flues and chambers located in the body of the stove,through which the air passes, that areheatedi'u a more thorough and economical manner than heretofore, yand a circulation of heated air is produced' in'the room, heatingl I,

the latter ina more thorough manner, and also adapting the saine yconstruction to applying4 p heat to adjoining apartments",when desired,

1t further consists in certain novelties of construction that render the lstove capable kof being used as a heating and cooking or warmu ieXit-iue A5, preferably formed upon the rear.

plate o'f-thebasawith which the verticalleXit-` ing stove,when desired, and in certain novel combinations of parts, all of which willy be fully described, :and pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of this specification.

Inthe accompanying drawings, Figure 1j is a perspective viewof a stove constructed in accordance withiny invention. tical ysection looking fromthe front; Fig. V3, a vertical section looking fromone side;v Fig. 4, a crosssectional ViewV through the fire-pot',

t Fig. 5, `a verticalsectional View taken diagonperspectiveview showing the"l construction of ally through the opposite corners; Fig. 6, a

the base of the stove, Fig; 7, a Adetailed .perspectiveviewfshowing, the manner of fastening the sides of the stove inV place; Fig. 8, a view ofthe t-op ofthe fire-pot,- showing the `secured in place in any suitable manners.

.with the wings or deflectors D DQ, iiaredto-f vconstitutes the lower plateof the middleportion, y13consists ofacasting, Bf, provided-on Fig. 2 is a ver-.v

manner mountingthe doors adapted .to be lplaced over theV fire.

Similar letters of reference in the several ures indicatethe same parts.

The stove consists, generally, of three ypor- V tions-the base A,the body'portionfBontain- Y v 'i 'ing thevirepot and most ofthe iiues, 'and the v upper portion, C, consisting of the reservoir or hotair chamber, adapted lalso yat ycertain 4times to be utilized, if desired, as'anoven for cooking. These parts I shall Vproceed'to def scribe in the orderno'tedabove.

The lbase A is' constructed, as shown `clearly in Fig. 6, preferablyof four plates, AA2/A3 A4,'. of ogee orl reversecurved'form-andare" i l provided on theirl upper endsjwithfanges' adapted vto cooperate with any suitahleform Theirends are, however,pro 7o` vided with two or more, .if desired, projections or strips, o, that serve as means forisecuring them together by means of bolts or screws linf'v the ordinary or any preferred Inan-ner,th`us leaving the extreme corners of the bas'eframe open, as shown, andthesecorners areadapted I to be'covered by means vof'plates AX, having ,1

slots or perforations therein, as shown, andl Y, The base-plate D of the stovemay be pro-V videdA with a groove,'d,`with.which` suitable flanges on the lower sidesV ofthe plateslformfing the base cooperate toform 'a tightjoint,

and it is further provided upon its upper sideI ward the rear, as shown, serving `todirectthe smoke and products of combustiontowardthe iiue communicates. rllhe top of the base,which its lower 'side with a groove, intowhich the upper sides `of Vthe plates Ay A2, 6to., project, or a suitable tight joint may be made between the parts in any manner.

f f The ash-pit A6 is form-ed in the bavseby the partition E and `side pieces, as shown, a suitable door being provided to permity access thereto,as.will be readily understood. a The body portion B consists, as vfaras externalappearancesare congerned, ofthestandardsF, located at the corners, securedtothe casting B', and providcdlwiththe groovesbr channels F in their outer sides, which form continuations of passages G, located in the base and passing up through the chamber therein, but not communicating therewith. The sides of these standards are preferably beveled, as shown, and the plates Hpreferably grooved and provided with lianges at the edges corresponding with the sides ofthe standards. The plates H are to be secured in position upon the standards in any suitable manner,and between the two are placed the bent'edges of plates or panels I, forming the sides of the stove. These are preferably of sheet metal and formed on their upper and lower edges so as to make a tight joint with the casting B', and with the casting C forming the bottom of the portion C. It will readily be seen that these sides can be readily removed when necessary or'desirable and be replaced again; or panels having any desired ornamentation may be substituted. The panel at the front ofthe stove is provided with a suitable door, I, if desired, for atfording access to the interior, and the one at rear is provided with a short hopper, I, having an inclined bottom projecting inward about in line with the top of the fire-pot, as will be presently explained, and it may be further provided with a perforation, to which may be attached a pipe communieating with the chimney and forming a direct draft-flue, as indicated in dotted lines.

Jrepresents the iire-potofl the stove, located within the portion B and secured to the casting B or the standards, or in any other suitable manner; and it consists, preferably, f two sections of metal shaped as shown in Fig. 4-,that is, with the corrugated portions J near the middle of each one and the recesses j near the ends having the undercut shoulders j. The ends extend beyond the shoulders and approach very near together, or touch, if desired, while pieces of lire-brick or refractory material, K, are inserted in the space between the shoulders j', the undercut portions forming a dovetail recess which the ends of the back fit into, and perform not only 'the fu nction of holding thesections J J together, but also cover thejoint between them.

While the fire-pot, as shown, is composed of only two sections, it is obvious that any numbercouldbe employed,acorresponding number of rebricks being used also. The corrugated metal portions, being in contact with the fire,

will of course serve to radiate heat, and in the present instance are located at the ends of the stove and form one side of the diving-dues K, through which the products from the fire pass downward to the chamber in the base of the stove, and from thence tothe exit-fine, a suitable perforation being made in the casting B for the purpose. The object in thus heating th fine through which the products pass will readily be apparent, as it permits a `much bet ter draft to be maintained at all times.

In the lower end of the fire-pot is provided a grate,preferably-composed of two removable sections, L L, of 4ogee form, geared tov the fire-pot and serving to prevent injury thereto, the bottom of the chamber being formed by the casting B, as shown, and the vertical ducts or {iu-es, formed by the channeled standards and plates H, communicate with this vchamber through the slots or openings h therein, as shown in Fig. 4. These chambers, it will be observed, receive heat directly from the side of the fire-pot, which is preferably prevented from burning through at these points by the interposed section of refractory material.

In order to stimulate the tire somewhatwhen desired, but more particularly to be employed in connection with devices about to be described, I provide a water-receptacle, X, located either partly within or without the stovecasing and adapted to be heated to generate steam, and provide a pipe, w, leading from Vthis chamber to the ashpit of the stove, so as to discharge steam therein. The chamber may be provided with a removable top, so as tovbe readily filled when desired.

O O represent two doors or plates of refractory material--such as fre-brick-pivoted to the standards on the outside of the diving-dues and adapted (wlien`desired to keep the fire by retarding combustion) to he turned over upon the bed of fuel, acting as a cover therefor, and they may be provided with a few small perforations to allow of the escape of gas, if desired. These plates are located a suicient distance from the pivots of the rods or snpports o o, on which they are mounted, so that the passage K will not be obstructed, but will permit the gas to escape when they are turned down over the fire, their normal position being turned up against the sides of the stove, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and in full lines in said figure their position is indicated when they are turned down. Suitable devices may be provided for causing these motions of the plates, such as providing them with a squared journal at one end and a handle for co-operating therewith. Of course the plates can be employed as deflectors merely for not only retarding in a great measure the combus- `tion by covering the fire,.but by deecting the currents in the most advantageous manner, being rendered adjustable and secured by any suitable locking mechanism. .The utility of these plates for retarding the combustion I have demonstrated by practical experiment,

and have by their use succeeded in preserving Va slight fire for more than twenty-four hours with a very slightdiminution or consumption of fuel.

Supported upon the standardsFisthe chamber C, consisting of the plates `having the` lOO IOS

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flanges at the ends secured together and to the lower plate, Of, the upper side .being formed .bya slab or piece .of marble or slate secured in position'in'any suitable manner, the material'being selected for vthe reason, that it will not conduct or radiate heatas a metal top would, and will alsoserve as anI ornamental and durable top for thefstove. If

desired, an ornamental railing or grating of brass or other material'may be placed uponv the top of the slab. The lower side of the chamber is provided with perforations communicating with the hollo'vsT standards F, and connection between the standards and chamber may he'shut off, 'when desired, by means of the sliding dampers P P, located on opposite sides of the chamber, and each consisting of .the two broad portions connected by a rod or connecting-piece, and adapted to beoperated by a rod projecting to the outside ofthe casing. Pivoted to each side of the chamber, near the bottom thereof, are plates Qadapted to be swung down. to the position shown in full lines, Fig. 2, or up'into the position shown in dotted lines, by suitable operating apparatus projecting to the, outside of the chamber, as a handle, for instance. 'These plates, when swung down into their lower position, do not quite meet, and are supported above the hottom of the chamber by lugs q q, secured on opposite sides, as shown, and serve asa supplemental bottom for said chamber, and also as a device'forv retarding and diverting the currents of hot air coming up the hollow standards F if the sliding dampers P are open. When theV plates are in theirswung-up posi tion, as shown in dotted lines, the currents of hot airv from the base are .permitted t0 pass directly out of the perforations'in thesides, fartherl onv described, forming `continuations of thevertical lues. This chamber vmay be employed as an oven, when desired', a suitable door, S, being vprovided in the front, as shown, for permitting access to theinterior; or it Vmay also beused as a receptacle for cooking with a more intense-heat, a suitable pothole, S', being provided in its lower sidecow ered by a suitablev top, .as shown, and the chamber being directly over the re of course receives a great deal-of directheatbeside what is admitted to it through the-passages F inthe standards from the chambers at the;

'of the chamber Ufor opening communication with the external air and permitting the heat to enter the room; and, if desired, suitable' pipes or conduits might be connected with the chamber leading to various remote points, as

indicated in-dotted lines, which would be a very desirable feature, asthe amount of hot air conducted toand in this chamber is, byV

reason of the improvedl construction of devices,lconsiderable. As it is desirable to yhave as much and as the Sametime leaving the space between the#Y fire and the hotair chamber or reservoir open, so as topermit the latter to receive the maxiv mum amount of heat for heatingor cooking.l

The short hopper at the'rear and upper `side* of the fire-pot is provided with a flange, t, onr

its upper side, and with the ilange is adapted l to co-operate the lower/end of the'removable..

reservoir U, provided with a cover, and having in its lower end'v one or more sections, u,

preferably of ogeeorreverse ,curvedforgm adapted, when in horizontalpositionyto form a bottomfor the chamber,fand when turned in the direction indicated .by thedotted arrow ,toY positively withdraw a portion ofthe 'fuel and deposit it iny the hopper,'from whence itwilll f fallupou the bed of fuel inthe fire-pot.- .At

every half-revolution ofthis sectiona similar v charge will be withdrawn, and when the reser-V Vvoir is empty it can, be removed `and another or the same one replaced th'ereom a suitable cover or top beingprovided adapted to tit over the end of Athe hopper while the' reservoir is being lled.- While the reservoir is being car-1 ried from' place to place, they section u willV serve as la'bo'ttom and prevent the fuel falling out, and lwhen it is placed upon the` hopper.`

suitable fastening devices maybe employed forholding it in position, as'will bereadilyv understood. l

The construction having been descrbed.the

operation of the device will now be apparent l The products of combustion passfronrtheY `'.-i

bed of lfuel, over thesides of the tire-pot, down the diving-dues K', thelsides'of which are formed by theviire-pot, and are heated ythere from, and also heatin'gthe sides ofthe passages F in the standardsand'inducing a draft of air up through them, as described. rIhe products then pass VVVinto the chamber at the base, and

aftercirculating therein.l are dellectedtoward the rear and pass thence through the exit-'flue IIO.

through them, which vcirculates in the cham ,z bers at the sdeof the ire-potfbeing rst j heated by contact with lthe rchamber `in the base and by contact with VVthe sides of the divi'ng-tlues. I Theropenings in plate D inthe base also admit air to the ducts or ilues, and'also .those providedin the plates H, asshown, and all thenpasses up throughthe iiues to'ithe chamber C, where it is directed and deilec't'ed, as described, and discharged into the room or.

conveyed to'other apartments,- as desired.` When the damperslatthe upper ends of lines,v

F are? closed, the hot' air not ndinganem` trance to the chamber will pass out of the openings inthe ducts into-the roomfand the` same will be the Icase when the exit from-the,

chamber-Gis entirely closed, theair thenpass; f ing down out throughtheopeningsin thesides of the ducts,*which maybe provided-attra.;

rious places in the lengt-h, as will be readily understood.

I do not desire to be confined tothe precise construction of devices herein described and shown, as others their equivalents might be employed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim* l 1. The combination, with the base and the vertical standards mounted thereon, of the metal panels forming the sides and back and the corner-pieces recessed, as shown, secured to the standards, and operating to secure the panels in position by clamping their edges, and also serving as upright flues for the passage-of air, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the base and the vertical standards having the channels, the flanges at the sides of the channels, and the metal panels forming the inclosing-casing ofthe stove, of the removable corner-pieces having the channels therein adapted to be secured over the corner channels and cooperating with the fianges at the lsides of the same to clamp the edges of the casing-panels, substantially as described. i

3. The combination, with the base, the

grooved vertical standards, and the metal pang els, of the grooved pieces forming with the grooved standards vertical hot-air fines and `operating when placed in position to secure the edges of the panels between the pieces and the edges of the channels in the standards, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the fire-pot, of the two diving-fines on opposite sides thereof, the chambers formed on the other two sides of A the fire-poty not connected with the divinglues, and the vertical hot-air tubes extending through the chambers "and communicating with them, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with the fire-pot, of the two diving-dues on opposite sides thereof, the two chambers formed on opposite sides of the fire-pot between the diving-fines, but not connected with the latter, and the vertical hot-air flues connected with said chambers, one of the walls of each being exposed to the heat of products in the diving-lines, substantially as described.

6. The combination, `with the stove base having' the chamber therein connected with the exit-tine and the {ire-pot located above said base, of the two diving-fines on opposite sides the {ire pot connected with said chamber, the two chambers formed at the sides of the fire-pot between the two diving-fines, but not connected therewith, and the vertical hot-air fines communicating with said chamber and with the external air,substantiallyasdescribed.

7. The combination, with the tire-pot and.

the diving-fines at the sides thereof', of the chambers also at the sides of the tire-pot, but not connected therewith, and the vertical hotair fines communicating with said chambers, the external air, and with a hot-air chamber at the top of the stove, substantially as described.

l8. The combination, with the fire-pot having the metal portions, and the diving-fines formed in part by said metal portion, of the chamber formed at the sides of the ire-pot with an interposed section of fire-brick betweenvit and the fire, and the vertical heat-flues communieating with said chamber and with the external air, substantially as described. i

9. The combination, with the tire-pot constructed in sections, each having the recesses in its ends, of the sections of re-brick inserted in said recesses and covering the joint between the sections, substantially as described.`

10. The combination, with the lire-pot constructed in sections, having therecesses in their ends undercut, as shown, and the sections of tire-brick having the ends adapted to tit the recesses, whereby the sections of the iire-pot will be held together and the joints between them covered, substantially as -described. Y

11. The combination, with the tire-pot made in sections, having the recesses at the adjoining ends, of the fire-bricks, said bricks and sections having interlocking projections and recesses, whereby the former will hold the sections together and cover thejoints between them, substantially as described.

12. rlhe combination, with the fire-pot made in sections,each consisting of a corrugated por-A tion exposed to the fire and having at the ends recesses, of the fire-bricks, the recesses and bricks having interlocking projections and recesses, whereby the sections will be held together by the bricks and the joints between the sections covered by the latter, substantially as described.

13. The combination, with the hot-air chamber located above the fire-pot, of the vertical lues communicating therewith and the hinged doors adapted to be folded down to form a supplemental bottom or to be folded up against the sides of the chamber, substantially as described.

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14.Y The combination, with the hot-air chamber located above the tlrepot,having the openings in'its side communicating with the external air,of the hinged doors ocated therein, adapted to be folded down t form a supplemental bottom for the chamber and when turned up against the sides of the chamber forming continuations of the vertical flues, substantially as described.

15. The combination, with the hot-air chamber and the hot-airlines communicating therewith, of the hinged doors located within the chamber, adapted, when folded down, to leave a small space between them and operate as retarding devices for the hot air passing up the lues and adapted to fold up against the sides of the chamber to form continuations of the vertical fines, substantially as de-4 scribed.

16. The combination, with the tire-pot, and

the plate or plates pivoted at the sides vand adapted to be folded over upon the top thereof for Varresting active combustion, of the vvateif receptacleplaced-in proximity to the fire-pot and adapted tg be heated therefrom, and having a steam-pipeleading tothe ash-pit belovvv the grate, substantially as'l described.

'7 17. The combination`vwith the. repot, of the removable fuel-reservoir mounted 'onl one side the fxre-pot,rhaving thev reverse curved section located in its lower end capable of being rotated and serving as al bottom for the reservoir when removed and as a means of withdrawingthe fuel and depositing it in the re-pot when inposition on` the stove, substantially as described. f o

4 18. 'The combination, with the re-pot and the diving-fines at the sides thereof, of doors or plates pivoted atjthe sides of the diving-"dues y'andadapted to be fglded over upon thv fuel in i rthe fire-pot to retardy or arrest combustionlWithout obstructing thediving-flues; substan-` tially as described. i

l i 19. In a stove,the combi nation, with vegn'- cal dues, ofthe base consistingofthe side'and endpieces having the projections at theends 'Y :adapted rto bev secured toeach other, substantially as described, of the perforated capor ycorner plates secured over saidprojections Yand,fornning, the outer side ofthe fines; asset forth. l l Witnesses: l; FRED T. CHURCH,

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